Labour Party (Mauritius)

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The Labour Party (

social-democratic political party in Mauritius. It is one of four main Mauritian political parties, along with the Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM), the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) and the Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate (PMSD). As a member of the Labour Party-MMM alliance, it elected four members of parliament in the general election of 2014. The party is led by Navin Ramgoolam
.

Founded in 1936, the Labour Party is the oldest major political party in the Republic and has remained in power from 1948 to 1982, from 1995 to 2000 and from 2005 to 2014. From 1983 to 1990, it was part of a coalition government as a minority partner.

History

The Mauritius Labour Party was founded in 1936. Its founding principles mirrored those of the

socialist
values among Mauritian government agencies.

The party founders were Maurice Curé, Jean Prosper, Mamode Assenjee, Hassenjee Jeetoo, Barthelemy Ohsan, Samuel Barbe, Emmanuel Anquetil, Godefroy Moutia and Pandit Sahadeo. Cure served as President of the Party until he was forced to resign in 1941, at which point Anquetil took over.[1][2] Anquetil died in December 1946,[3] and Guy Rozemont served as leader until his death in 1956 at age 41.

The arrival of

CAM led by Abdool Razack Mohamed and the IFB led by Sookdeo Bissoondoyal
, pushed a motion in the Legislative Council to provide for an independent country to be declared on 12 March 1968.

The Labour Party joined forces with

Bérenger's MMM Boodhoo's PSM, but remained in power by forming another alliance with the PMSD. In 1982, however, the MMM won outright, and Ramgoolam even lost his parliamentary seat. Anerood Jugnauth of the MSM became Prime Minister. From 1983 through 1995, the Labour Party attracted little electoral support; and in 1984, Satcam Boolell, who had replaced Ramgoolam as party leader, agreed to an electoral alliance with the Militant Socialist Movement
, which had broken away from the MMM.

In 1995 Labour returned to power with MMM's support. Navin Ramgoolam, who had taken over the party leadership in 1991, became Prime Minister of Mauritius for the first time. It lost the subsequent legislative election in 2000, however: its coalition with the Mauritian Party of Xavier-Luc Duval secured only 36.6% of the popular vote and eight of seventy seats.

Labour returned to power in the

Pravind Kumar Jugnauth a new five-year term.[5]

Past leaders

Parliament results

Election Number of
candidates 		Number of
overall seats won 		Position Leader Position
1967
35 / 60
24 / 70
 1st
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
 Prime Minister
1976
60 / 60
28 / 70
 2nd
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
 Prime Minister
1982
60 / 60
0 / 70
 None
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
 None
1983
15 / 60
9 / 70
 3rd Sir Satcam Boolell
Minister of Foreign Affairs
1987
15 / 60
8 / 70
 3rd Sir Satcam Boolell
Minister of Foreign Affairs
1991
35 / 60
3 / 70
 3rd Navin Ramgoolam Leader of the Opposition
1995
35 / 70
35 / 70
 1st Navin Ramgoolam Prime Minister
2000
50 / 60
8 / 70
 3rd Navin Ramgoolam Leader of the Opposition
2005
45 / 60
32 / 70
 1st Navin Ramgoolam Prime Minister
2010
35 / 60
28 / 70
 1st Navin Ramgoolam Prime Minister
2014
30 / 60
4 / 69
 5th Navin Ramgoolam None
2019
48 / 60
14 / 69
 2nd Navin Ramgoolam None

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9990305315
    .
  2. ^ Mauritius in the making across the censuses 1846-200, Monique Dinan
  3. ^ Story of the Independence of Mauritius, M. Chintamunnee
  4. ^ "Mauritius opposition wins surprise landslide victory | DW | 12.12.2014". Deutsche Welle.
  5. ^ Arouff, Jean Paul (8 November 2019). "Mauritius elects incumbent PM for five-year term". Reuters.
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